Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Awakening!

This book is a 21 day plan to help us move into a meaningful and lasting relationship with God. The plan is to engage in a planned fast, so that we can draw closer to God. At the end of the first section of the book, Weems outlines the 21 day plan where we are to engage in prayer and seek to listen to God’s voice.

We need this because we live in a world where there is so much going on that we struggle relating to God and even experiencing His presence. There is so much noise, twitter, facebook, television, video games, music, and we don't take time out until we drop into bed exhausted . . . and then we sleep, if we can. We really don't really take time to listen, let alone talk to God.

Weems wants us to understand that we have an assignment from God. That’s our mission, but are we really fulfilling and following what God wants for us? It becomes a control issue, and Weems wants us to let go of our control and give God control over our lives. The only way to really accomplish this is to listen to God.

This process is accomplished by doing the least preferred Spiritual Discipline — fasting. His point is that we should not be legalistic, but look for what is good, seeing God’s goodness and grace as we worship Him.

I found the book inspiring, easy to read and hope I can attempt to put this into motion sometime in the near future.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

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I love to hang out with my boys and play sports, wrestle and play PS2 with them, and to have them hug me and say "I love you." I love to hang out with my wife, she is absolutely beautiful, (inside and out), the nicest and kindest person I know. Actually that's not about me, that's what helps me to live my life. Finally, without Jesus I'd be lost, there are too many scriptures to quote. But for me it is life transformation (2 Cor. 5:17) and living the super abundant life Jesus gives us (John 10:10b). Be a Jesus Freak!